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295/35R20

295 mm across the tread, a sidewall 35% of that — 103 mm — on a 20-inch rim. That puts the whole wheel at 28.1 inches tall.

103 mm sidewall715 mm · 28.1"
Sidewall
4.06"
103 mm
Overall
28.1"
714.5 mm
Circumference
88.4"
2.245 m
Revs per mile
717
per minute at 60 mph

What it needs to sit on

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It mounts on a rim between 8.5" and 11" wide, and the tread follows the rim: roughly 5 mm of section width for every half-inch, so about 283 mm across at the narrow end and 308 mm at the wide one. Written the way lift kits and wheel wells are, it is a 28.1×11.6R20 — tall by wide, in inches.

What fits instead

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Same 20-inch rim, height within 3%. Past that the speedometer starts lying and things begin to rub.


SizeHeightRide heightSpeedo reads 60, you doCompare
285/35R2027.9" -1.0 %-3.5 mm59.4 mphside by side
305/35R2028.4" +1.0 %+3.5 mm60.6 mphside by side
275/40R2028.7" +1.9 %+6.8 mm61.1 mphside by side
275/35R2027.6" -2.0 %-7.0 mm58.8 mphside by side
315/35R2028.7" +2.0 %+7.0 mm61.2 mphside by side
315/30R2027.4" -2.4 %-8.8 mm58.5 mphside by side

Same height, different rim

Bigger rim, same overall height. Sharper steering, harsher ride, and far less rubber between your wheel and the next pothole.


305/30R2192 mm sidewall — 11% less
285/40R19114 mm sidewall — 10% more
295/40R19118 mm sidewall — 14% more
295/30R2189 mm sidewall — 14% less
265/35R2193 mm sidewall — 10% less
325/35R19114 mm sidewall — 10% more

Tires graded in this size

Longest-lasting tread first. The grade is set by the maker and checked by regulators.


TireTreadwearWet grip
MICHELIN Pilot Sport All Season 4540A
HanKOOK iON evo (OE)460A
Goodyear EAGLE F1 SUPERSPORT300AA
Nitto P ZERO300AA
CONTINENTAL ContiSportContact 5P280AA
CONTINENTAL SportContact 6280AA
Hankook Ventus S1 evo Z (OE)280AA

If you fit something taller

A taller tire covers more ground per turn, so the needle reads low and the odometer counts short. Over ten thousand miles on the dial, the last column is what you really drove.


Fitted insteadReads 30Reads 50Reads 70Real miles per 10,000 shown
285/35R2029.7 mph49.5 mph69.3 mph9,902
305/35R2030.3 mph50.5 mph70.7 mph10,098
275/40R2030.6 mph50.9 mph71.3 mph10,189
275/35R2029.4 mph49.0 mph68.6 mph9,804
315/35R2030.6 mph51.0 mph71.4 mph10,196